Language
name and locationː Koyukon, Koyukuk,
Alaska, USA
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Ethnologue] |
1. kk’eełekkʼee |
2. neteekkʼee |
3. tokkʼee |
4. denkʼee |
5. keełts’edenaale |
6. daanaan k'eetakkʼee (litː 'across one'); neełkkʼaa tokkʼee (lit: 'three from both hands') |
7. daanaan niteekkʼee (litː 'across two'); neełkkʼaa tokkʼee k’eełekkʼee bedeeʼonee (lit: 'three from both hands plus one') |
8. neetkkʼaa dinkʼee (litː 'four from both hands'); neełkkʼaa denkʼee (lit: 'four from both hands') |
9. neetkkʼaa dink'ee, kʼeelakkʼee bidee'onee (litː 'four from both hands plus one'); neełkʼozenaale k’eełekkʼe kkelye (lit: 'ten minus one') |
10. neełkʼoznaal (lit: 'on both hands'); keelhudaaltonee (litː 'one stick'); daltonee (litː 'a stick (with notches') |
11. neełkʼoznaal kʼeelakkʼee bedee'onee (2x 5+1); neełkʼoznaal kʼeelakkʼee bedeełkoolee (2x 5+1); kʼeełhudaaltonee kʼeelakkʼee bedee'onee (10+1) |
12. neełkʼoznaal neteekkʼee bedee'onee; (2x 5+2); neełkʼoznaal neteekkʼee bedeełkoyee; (2x 5+2); kʼeełhudaaltonee neteekkʼee bedee'onee (10+2) |
13. neełkʼoznaal tokkʼee bedee'onee (2x 5+3); neełkʼoznaal tokkʼee bedeełkoyee (2x 5+3); keełhudaaltonee tokkʼee bedee'onee (10+3) |
14. neełkʼoznaale denkʼee bedee'onee (2x 5+4); neełkʼoznaale denkʼee bedeeloyee (2x 5+4); kʼeełhu daaltonee denkʼee bedeełtaanee (10+4); denaakkaaʼ kkʼelyee kʼełekkʼee bʉgh kkelyee (15-1) |
15. denaakkaaʼ kkʼeł, denaakkaaʼ kkʼelyee (litː 'one side of our feet') |
16. denaakkaaʼ kkʼelyee k’eełekkʼee bedeełkoyee (15+1); neełkʼoznaale donaan k’eełekkʼee bedeeloyee (10+5+1); kʼeełhu daaltonee neełkkʼaa tokkʼee bedeełtaanee (10+6) |
17. denaakkaaʼ kkʼelyee neteekkʼee bedeeloyee (15+2); neełkʼoznaale donaan neteekkʼee bedeeloyee (10+5+2); kʼeełhu daaltonee neełkkʼaa tokkʼee k’eełekkʼee bedeełtaanee (10+7) |
18. denaakkaaʼ kkʼelyee tokkʼee bedeeloyee (15+3); neełkʼoznaale neełkkʼaa denkʼee bedeeloyee (10+8); k’eełekkʼee neletoghee neteekkʼee bʉgh kkelyee (1x 20-2); kʼeełhu daaltonee neełkkʼaa denkʼee bedeełtaanee (10+8) |
19. k’eełekkʼee neletoghee kʼełekkʼee bʉgh kkelyee (1x 20-1); kʼeełhu daaltonee neełkʼaa denkʼee kʼeełekkʼee bedeełtaanee (10+8 +1) |
20. kʼeełakkʼat duhuyee (litː 'one (set) of our fingers and toes') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Melissa Axelrod, Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, August 18, 2021. Reference: Jules Jetté, Eliza Jones, James Kari. 2000. Koyukon Athabascan Dictionary. Alaska Native Language
Center, Alaska.
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Other comments: Kuyukon (Ten’a) or Denaakk’e, Kenaakk’enaage is a seriously endangered Athabascan language spoken only by approximately 150 speakers in Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers in Alaska. Kuyokun has a counting system which can count up to 1000 neełkʼoznaale tsebeesge denaadleduggee' (10 x 100). and there are two systems in common use fro counting from six to nine. Numbers 10 through 20 can be formed through combination ( multiplication, addition; and subtraction) of lower numerals to reach the appropriate sum. There are also optional conventionalized term for 10, 15, 20, 25, and 100. Thus numbers 10 through 19 may be based either on 10, 15, or 20. Like the lower numerals, these optional forms can enter into combination with other numerals to form ever higher sums. Note that the data was written in the American Phonetic Notation. Nasalization is indicated with a ''hook'' underneath the vowel and consonant glottalization is indicated with an apostrophe behind the consonant. |
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